an all Welsh title fight between himself and current WBO belt holder Nathan Cleverly. Exactly 14 months after his last in-ring appearance Maccarinelli's first fight at the new weight limit took place at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on 18 November 2011. As with 2 of his previous 4 fights at cruiserweight the opponent was a Hungarian fighter, this time the undefeated (and relatively unknown) Gyorgy Marosi. Maccarinelli emerged victorious, scoring a 1st-round TKO victory after just 99 seconds against an overmatched Marosi. Following the successful debut at 175 lbs Maccarinelli reiterated his desire to fight for a world title at 175 lbs and again made reference to an all Welsh bout with Cleverly, although ruled out the prospect of such a matchup occurring straight away. In July 2012, Maccarinelli was banned for six months after testing positive for Methylhexaneamine. Return to cruiserweight and final retirement In 2015 Maccarinelli returned to cruiserweight and in December knocked out the then 46-year-old Roy Jones Jr. in the fourth round at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow. In June 2016 he fought Dmytro Kucher for the vacant European cruiserweight title, but lost by TKO in the first round, subsequently announcing his retirement from boxing. Professional boxing record See also List of Welsh boxing world champions References External links 1980 births Light-heavyweight boxers Doping cases in boxing Welsh sportspeople in doping cases Living people Boxers from Swansea Welsh people of Italian descent British Roman Catholics Italian British sportspeople Welsh male boxers European Boxing Union champions World Boxing Organization champions Commonwealth Boxing Council champions World cruiserweight boxing champions British Boxing Board of Control champions